SOLIDWORKS TSA Glider Tutorials

Welcome to cudacounty's SOLIDWORKS 2017, CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator TSA Balsa Wood Glider Tutorials. We use SOLIDWORKS 2017 to design our glider and CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator to cut out parts on laser engraver.

The tutorials are designed to meet Middle School Technology Student Association conference competitive events requirements.

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			Table of Contents
Part			1. Fuselage Blank. 3mm x 13mm x 300mm. Units are all metric.
Part			2. Wing Blank. 1.5mm x 77mm x 300mm.
Part			3. Stabilizer Blank. .75mm x 51mm x 150mm.
Part			4. Fuselage and Shark Tooth. Both parts cut from the Fuselage Blank.
Part			5. Wing. 4 Panel Tip Dihedral wing design. Part cut from Wing Blank. Drawn as a sheet metal part with sketched bend that flattens!
Part			6. Horizontal and Vertical Stabilizers. Both parts cut from the Stabilizer Blank.
Assembly			7. Assembly.
Drawing			8. Drawing. 11” by 17” paper.
Part			9. Clay.
PhotoView 360			10. PhotoView 360 Decals. Click here for the decal files. Files include alpha layer.
Flow Sim			11. Analyze in Wind Tunnel. Analyze design using Flow Simulation and create animation of flow trajectories. Now includes clone projects with Wing Angle Mate modified to change Angle of Attack. Lift and drag of cloned projects are compared to determine optimal Angle of Attack.
Adobe Illustrator			12. Export to AI. In this tutorial you export 2D sketches of Fuselage, Shark Tooth, Stabilizers and Wing sheet metal to cut on your laser engraver.
Corel DRAW			13. Export to CorelDRAW. In this tutorial you export 2D sketches of Fuselage, Shark Tooth, Stabilizers and Wing sheet metal to cut on your laser engraver.
Part			14. Wing. Straight Dihedral wing design. Part cut from Wing Blank.
Part			15. Wing. 6 Panel Polyhedral Dihedral wing design. Part cut from Wing Blank. Draw as a sheet metal part with sketched bends that flatten!
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